SOLID AND CYSTIC TUMOR OF THE PANCREAS

The solid and cystic tumor of the pancreas (also called pancreatic cys tic tumor of the pancreas) is a very rare tumor of the pancreas, which we meet mainly in younger women. The tumor was described for the firs t time in 1981 and since that time there were published more than 150 cases. It is a matter of a potentially malign tumor with low malign ch aracteristics. By radical exstirpation most of the patients can be hea led definitively. Long-term controls are yet necessary although recidi ves are rare (4-7%), but are described up to 10 years after the first treatment. Also singular cases with synchronous metastasis of the live r are mentioned. Except of abdominal volume increase the tumor gives l ittle trouble. The diagnosis is placed with ultrasonography resp. with a computer-tomogram and ensured by needle cytology. The therapy consi sts in the radical exstirpation with resection of the left pancreas in case of location on the left side, with Whipple operation in case of localisation in the head of the pancreas.